The mandates now are affecting the community though. Many people attending the protest have lost their jobs, their livelihoods, businesses. Their right to provide for their family.Many people attending ARE vaccinated but are against the coercion tactics and the mandates.Are you aware that Woolworths and Coles are now mandating their employees to get the covid-19 vaccine?So it’s very much a community issue.Many countries are now dropping their mandates and covid measures, but Australia seems to be double down, with very little rationale to support this.Protect our vulnerable who are at high risk for severe covid-19 disease, yes! But mandating (by means of coercion), the covid-19 vaccine across different groups who are low risk at developing severe covid-19 disease doesn’t make sense.Especially when the latest data is reflecting that the vaccine doesn’t prevent transmission. This is well known now.The vaccine prevents severe covid-19 disease at an individual level amongst high risk groups. So it’s very much protective at an individual level.Why would ending the vaccine mandates now cause “additional deaths”. This doesn’t make sense. Our vulnerable aged care residents ARE vaccinated.